Garages and Sheds Launceston

Tassie Sheds makes its sheds for the top of the state right here in Launceston, so when you order a shed for the north, it is designed, rolled and made close to home rather than freighted across the state. That means shorter delivery runs to properties across the Tamar Valley, the Midlands and the north-east, and a local team who understands the land and local conditions.

We build custom steel garages and sheds for homeowners right across the greater Launceston area, engineered specifically for your block. Whether you want a single lock-up garage for the car, a double with room for a workbench, or a triple bay with a garaport off the front, we build to your site rather than to a fixed catalogue size. Start with a standard single, double or triple garage, then adjust the height, span and length in increments as fine as 1mm so the finished building fits your driveway, the fall of your land and the space you actually have. Add a carport extension to make a garaport, or run a lean-to down one side for sheltered storage without adding much to the cost.

A good value shed is not always about price. Two quotes for the same size garage can differ by thousands, and the gap is usually in what you cannot see once the building is up: the thickness of the steel, the wind engineering for your block, and whether the frame and cladding are genuine Australian BlueScope steel or a cheaper import. We are happy to show you where a quoted building can come down in price, or where a little more spend adds real strength or a better finish.

Call the Launceston team on (03) 6165 0204 for a garage engineered to your northern block.

Fully Customise Your Launceston Shed

Your shed should work as hard as it looks good, so any design can take a motorised roller door, a personal access door, extra windows, skylight sheeting, whirlybird ventilation or insulation, in whatever combination suits how you will use the building.

Our garages, sheds and workshops are made from high-tensile Australian BlueScope GALVASPAN® steel and clad in your choice of COLORBOND® or ZINCALUME® on both the walls and the roof. ZINCALUME® is the cheaper option if you want the strength without the colour, and COLORBOND® gives you 22 standard colours to match a roofline, the fences or the house already on your Launceston property. Choose a deep-pan five-rib or the traditional corrugated profile to finish the look. Tell the team the finish you are after and we will help you land a combination that suits the block.

Workshops in Launceston

If you want a dry, secure space to work in year-round, we build workshop sheds around what you actually do in them, whether that is a mechanical bay with a hoist, a woodworking room with a lathe, or somewhere to keep the projects out of the weather. Our 3D design system lets us blend open bays with enclosed, lockable areas in the one building, and mix in internal walls, roller doors, personal access doors, skylights, ventilation and insulation to suit. Every workshop is pre-engineered and ShedSafe accredited, built in BlueScope steel with GALVASPAN® structural members, so it carries genuine BlueScope steel warranties. We supply the workshop in kit form for the owner-builder, or point you to installers and concreters we work with across the north.

Rural and Farm Sheds Around Launceston

The northern Midlands, the Meander Valley and the country out past Deloraine and Longford are farming heartland, and farm buildings there have to protect real value: machinery, hay, produce and livestock. We design farm sheds engineered to Australian Standards and built from 100% Australian BlueScope steel, with spans reaching up to 25 metres and heights up to 8 metres.

An open gable-end design gives you a lot of usable, covered storage. We can enclose one, two or three walls to suit the prevailing weather on your block, add extended header sheets for extra protection, and clad it in ZINCALUME® or COLORBOND®. Open-front machinery sheds are just as flexible: nominate the number of bays and their widths, uneven if that suits the gear, and choose a skillion or gable roof. The whole range is ShedSafe accredited, and any standard design can be customised around how you actually work the property.

Steel Barns Launceston

Barns are one of the most flexible buildings we make, which is why they suit so many northern acreages. We build both American-style barns, with a 20° centre pitch and attached lean-tos at 10° as standard, and Aussie-style barns whose awnings come off at eave height for a cleaner, more modern line. The centre section and the awnings can each be different widths, heights and lengths, and enclosed or left open, so one barn can store machinery, house animals and shelter a workshop at the same time.

Add motorised roller doors, personal access doors, a mezzanine level or ventilation as you need them, with up to three roller doors on the front and back and the option of side-wall doors too. Finish with a gable or skillion roof and, because it is BlueScope steel, the full range of 22 COLORBOND® colours to tie it in with the existing sheds and the house.

Horse Stables and Riding Arenas Launceston

Plenty of blocks around Hadspen, Evandale, Perth and out through the Meander Valley keep horses, and we build BlueScope steel stables, shelters and covered arenas designed for northern conditions. Stables and equine sheds are a cost-effective way to house and shelter your animals: height, span and width are all tailored, you can add and enclose bays, fit internal walls, and finish with tack rooms, split doors and extended areas so the horses can stretch out. A covered arena gives horse and rider year-round shelter from Tamar Valley wind, winter rain and summer sun. We size the arena to the space on your property, add extended header sheets and enclose walls where you need a windbreak.

Industrial and Commercial Sheds Launceston

For northern businesses we supply cold-formed steel portal-frame industrial and commercial buildings, custom designed and engineered, from small factory units and workshops through to warehouses, offices and larger commercial buildings. The framing uses 450+ MPa steel coil in the major members, which allows lengths beyond 100 metres, heights up to 8 metres and clear spans up to 25 metres, so you get column-free floor space you can actually work in. All major components are Australian BlueScope steel, with cladding available in ZINCALUME® or COLORBOND®. However big or small the requirement, there is a design we can customise to suit.

Shed Homes Launceston

If you are looking at a shed home on a northern block, our range can be built as Class 1a liveable buildings for extra living space or a full home, supplied in kit form for the owner-builder who wants control over the finish. Steel kit homes suit the rural and semi-rural land around Launceston well, and they are cost-effective because you choose your own doors, windows, fixtures and fittings. As buying an established home gets harder, more handy Tasmanians are using shed homes as a way into the market.

Carports Launceston

Need to keep the car, boat, caravan or trailer out of the weather? Our carports are clad in COLORBOND® steel on SHS posts that bolt down to a slab or set straight into concrete piers, which gives you a stronger carport for less. Pick a skillion or gable roof, whether it is standing alone or covering an outdoor area beside the house.

Building in the Launceston Region

Whether your shed needs council approval comes down to its size, where it sits on the block and your council's planning scheme, so the first job is knowing which category your building falls into.

Council approval around Launceston

Most northern properties sit under one of five councils: City of Launceston, West Tamar, Meander Valley, Northern Midlands or George Town. As a general guide, a shed of 36 square metres or under is often exempt from a building permit, while anything larger usually needs both building and planning permits, though some farm sheds carry their own exemptions. Thresholds and setbacks differ between councils and zones, so the honest advice is always to talk to your council or a building surveyor early. It costs nothing and it saves surprises. Every Tassie Sheds building comes with signed engineered plans and Form 35 prepared for your local council, so once you know the category, you have the documentation your surveyor needs, and our free CBOS Shed Building Cheat Sheet walks through the categories in plain English.

Wind, weather and site-specific engineering

Tasmania sits in wind Region A (non-cyclonic), but the exact design wind speed for your shed depends on the terrain and topography of your particular block. An exposed hilltop in the northern Midlands, or an open site up the Tamar catching the valley wind, will attract a higher classification than a sheltered suburban yard in Kings Meadows or Newstead. Inland blocks around Deloraine and Longford can also see hard frosts, and elevated country can carry extra loading. Because we are ShedSafe accredited, we engineer each building to the wind, and where relevant the snow and solar loading, of its actual location, rather than to a one-size-fits-all rating.

Suburbs we serve and delivery

We build and deliver right across greater Launceston and the north, including Kings Meadows, Newstead, Riverside, Prospect, Legana, Hadspen, Perth, Longford, Evandale and Deloraine, out through the Tamar Valley, and across the north-east to George Town, Bridport and the east coast towns of Swansea, Bicheno and Binalong Bay. Free delivery applies across most of Tasmania, so there is no delivery charge to add to your northern quote. The only parts of the state we cannot service on free delivery are in the far south-west, south of Smithton and Waratah and down toward Strahan and the Central Highlands, well away from the northern run. If your block is remote, call and we will confirm before you order.

Why Choose Tassie Sheds in Launceston

• Made in the north. One of our two Tasmanian factories is in Launceston, so northern sheds are made close to home.
• ShedSafe accredited. Our engineering is independently reviewed against the National Construction Code.
• BlueScope steel. Built from 100% Australian BlueScope steel, backed by BlueScope's steel warranty.
• Customisable to the millimetre. Height, width, length, colour and style all adjust, down to 1mm increments.
• Engineered to your block. Each building is engineered for your exact northern conditions, not a generic rating.
• The full COLORBOND® range. 22 standard COLORBOND® colours, plus ZINCALUME® as a cheaper option.